Dairy
Progressive farmer focus: Share farming the order of the day in Bandon
‘Progressive farmer focus’ is a series of articles, in partnership with AIB, profiling progressive farmers around Ireland and how they...
Crossbred Cows
Dairy
Is it time Irish dairy farmers moved away from black and white cows?
The Irish dairy herd consists of approximately 1.3 million dairy cows – the majority of which are Holstein Friesian. These...
Dairy
Moving to 220 cows: Crossbreds deliver the goods, but there's room to improve
Joe and Kathleen Kirwan, a husband-and-wife team, currently milk 195 cows in Laurel Lodge, Horse and Jockey, Thurles, Co. Tipperary....